Asia Thailand Rubella has been eliminated in Thailand as a public health threat, achieving the WHO criteria for interruption of endemic transmission; imported cases is now the key concern, especially for infections during pregnancy
Africa Liberia Grand Bassa University President Samuel Monwell has been asked to resign over poor administrative practices that saw the closure of the university's nursing department by the Liberian Board of Nursing and Midwifery
Africa Mauritania Desertification is uprooting families and destroying livelihoods with profound impact on health and mind; 90% of the country is in Sahara Desert, making it particularly vulnerable to the effects of drought and reduced rainfall
Europe Austria A mixed picture of foodborne diseases for 2021 has been published, showing that reports of Salmonella and Campylobacter increased last year, but remained below levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic
Oceania Australia Screen Australia has announced a $4 million Games: Expansion Pack fund to support 31 small and medium-sized studios with project budgets of less than $500.000
Africa Burkina Faso Jihadist rebels blew up two bridges in northern Burkina Faso last week in an attempt to isolate key towns in the region, the army reports
America Suriname Thousands of protesters attempted to enter the Presidential Office as a means to demand for more government transparency and more control against corruption
Asia China Global chip shortage is changing the way carmakers access manufacturers, threatening to curb China's momentum as a global leader in electric vehicles
America Bahamas Labour Minister Keith Bell has called on protesting employees of the Bahamas Airport Authority to return to work because their strike actions are "illegal"
Africa Guinea Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, former PM deposed in the 2021 military coup, detained since last April, has been charged with the 'embezzlement' of more than $40 million, originally intended for the management of the Covid epidemic, and unjustified disbursement
Asia Brunei On the occasion of his 76th birthday, the monarch said the government must devise new economic strategies for a post-pandemic world, stressing that the country must accelerate economic diversification for this purpose
Africa Angola UNHCR's first convoy of 88 repatriations since 2020 left Angola for DR Congo, after departures were halted in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic
Africa Mali Mali's military chief has said he is open to dialogue to resolve the issue of the 49 Ivorian soldiers detained at Bamako airport earlier this month, stressing that this will be done with strict respect for Mali's sovereignty
Asia Armenia In the first 5 months of this year, goods worth about $76 million were imported into Armenia from Turkey